HOME > News & Information > Recruitment > Recruitment for a Senior Post Doctoral Fellow (Fixed Term Researcher) (Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science (CLADS))
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Recruitment theme: Research and development on solid waste treatment
CLADS is implementing the "Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management (Research and Development of Processing and Disposal of Solid Waste)” conducted by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan" related to the decommissioning of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. We are conducting research and development on technology to treat secondary waste generated as a result of contaminated water treatment at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station.
In this theme, applicant is expected to plan and manage technology development, including testing and analysis, to evaluate treatment methods for long-term storage of secondary waste and stability after treatment.
Division assigned to
Retrieved Material Analysis Research Group,
Collaborative Laboratories for Advanced Decommissioning Science,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency
Place of employment
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33, Muramatsu, Tokai-Mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki-ken, 319-1194, JAPAN
Salary, etc…
Salary commensurate with the applicant’s work experience, Social Insurance, Commutation allowance, Partial housing allowance. Dormitory is also available.
Terms of employment
From July 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025.
The contract term can be extended up to March 31, 2026 upon annual review of research achievements on the condition of obtaining the grant for “Project of Decommissioning, Contaminated Water and Treated Water Management.”
Should you achieve outstanding results during your temporary employment, you could be offered a position as permanent staff after passing certain examination.
Trial employment period
6 months
Holidays
Weekend (Saturday and Sunday), National holidays, Year-end through New Year holidays, Paid holidays
Qualification requirements
(1) Ph.D.degree. In principle, having work experience for more than one year as a full-time teacher, a full-time researcher, or a post-doctoral fellow after acquisition of Ph.D.
(2) Enough knowledge and work experience on waste of TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station, or on behaviors of oxide fuels and fission products at high temperature.
(3) Work experience on some commissioned R&D, having a willing to comply with rules related to management of commissioned R&D, to prepare nacessary documents and to coordinate with related organizations in smooth Japanese.
Required Documents
(1) Curriculum Vitae (using JAEA form) (PDF, WORD)
(2) Document of the accomplishment on your major field (using JAEA form) (PDF, WORD)
(3) Research career history, a list of publications in which your name is underlined, and copies of major papers (in size A4, free format)
(4) Certificate of Ph.D degree (copy)
(5) Recommendation letter(s) from one or two people (free format)*
*: Any of the recommender should not be a JAEA employee but should be a person who knows well the content of your research.
*: It is preferable to have a recommender who is your current supervisor.
*: The letter(s) should be provided by any of the following means:
① Provide it by yourself with strictly sealed envelop,
② Send the letter by mail from the recommender directly to the JAEA official (see Article 20), or
③ Send a pdf file, containing the text and hand-written signature, by e-mail from the recommender directly to the JAEA official.
(6) Consent for the Treatment of Personal Data [PDF, WORD]
* This item (6) applys only to residents in any one of EEA member countries, namely a member country of the EU, and Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway, and United Kingdom.
Deadline for submission of application
May 17, 2024
Address of submission of application
Application screening
Applicants will be screened based on their submitted documents.
The screening result and details of recruitment examination will be notified to the applicants by e-mail.
Note that application documents will not be returned.
Recruitment examination
(1) Examination of research achievement (presentation using PowerPoint file or etc. and Q&A)
(2) Interview
Date of recruitment examination (planned)
May 2024 or later
Place for Recruitment Examination (planned)
Nuclear Fuel Cycle Engineering Laboratory,
Japan Atomic Energy Agency,
4-33 Muramatsu, Tokai-mura, Naka-gun, Ibaraki 319-1194, Japan
or
Web conference system
Result of Recruitment Examination
The result of recruitment examination will be notified to the applicants in writing.
Starting date of employment (tentatively)
July 1, 2024
Travel Expenses
We will refund your travel expenses for the recruitment examination according to the JAEA’s administrative rules. Detailed information will be provided to the applicants who passed the application screening.
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Points to note
(1) The successful applicant is supposed to submit medical in English certificate taken within 6 months (including height, weight, eyesight, urinalysis, chest X-ray).
(2) The successful applicant without Japanese Nationality is required to obtain a necessary visa status to work in Japan by the date of adoption.
Dealing with personal Information
We will use personal information only for the screening process. It will also be used for employment management for those employed. The information of the unsuccessful applicants will be discarded a year after the submission.
